A Good Day To Die Hard- Crappy Bollocks/100
I had hoped everyone was wrong. They weren't. It's real shit.
John McClane is now basically an old bald Superman. There's some kind of plot, which had big twists, but when the twists happened I didn't care or know what was happening.
There was a 10 minute car chase, but 80% of that chase was dedicated to a shaky close up on someone's face, the other 20% was super zooms on car tyres. Brilliant.
There were two action shots where you can make out what's actually happening. They're both in the trailer, in their entirety.
Ohh and "Yippe Ki yay mother.." *Car Revving noise*

I am completely divided about this. As a stand alone film it is horribly flawed; it's far too long, the pacing is awful (my wife's opinion of the film was: "it just went on forever, I think it's never going to end"), I couldn't hear half of what Batman said (although I could hear Bane), and some of the action sequences were laughable.

As the final part of a trilogy and as a template for what I would like super-hero films to be it was excellent. Anne Hathaway was electrifying as Selina Kyle, symbolism was chucked about with happy abandon in a way I really enjoyed, and the narrative arc worked for me; I really felt hopeless when it wanted me to, and redemption when it wanted me to.

Nolan is going to need someone on his shoulder to stop him from becoming too self indulgent I think, he's almost been a bit too successful for his own good. He is clearly very talented though.

Avengers assemble. Big comic book fan, more of a dc guy though to be fair but watched this because of the positive reviews it received. Thought it was really disappointing. I guess if you are huge fans if any of the characters it would be more fun but for me just a long drawn out unoriginal story with a huge battle at the end for special fx pretties. Iron man obviously was the most interesting, villain was shit and just felt like lots of fan service moments thrown together to create a film.

Did enjoy the hulk and iron man jokes but it was unbelievably dull. The part on the aircraft carrier, that was video game boring. Press the button Captain Pointless and protect me from the incoming enemies for 15 mins.

Did enjoy the hulk and iron man jokes but it was unbelievably dull. The part on the aircraft carrier, that was video game boring. Press the button Captain Pointless and protect me from the incoming enemies for 15 mins.

Yeah totally. I remember it getting reviews saying it was the best comic book film of all time. What. The. Fuck.

OmniaVincitAmor wrote:
Avengers assemble. Big comic book fan, more of a dc guy though to be fair but watched this because of the positive reviews it received. Thought it was really disappointing. I guess if you are huge fans if any of the characters it would be more fun but for me just a long drawn out unoriginal story with a huge battle at the end for special fx pretties. Iron man obviously was the most interesting, villain was shit and just felt like lots of fan service moments thrown together to create a film.

4/10.

i couldn't disagree more.

without going into it too deep Avengers was a triumph largely thanks to each main protagonist already starring in at least one recent stand alone film each. the seeds for this film were laid and Joss Whedon, being a knowledgeable and enthusiastic fan of the genre, took those seeds, nurtured them and did a marvellous job of recreating a comic book feel on camera. (a fucked up piece of imagery i grant you but i've had a drink/smoke/relevant excuse)

it's why DC's Justice League, which will inevitably be compared to this film, will never be as good. that's if it gets made because things aren't looking rosy right now. ironically that could be a blessing.

obviously there are many, many more reasons to back up my claim but i don't need them because at school i was one of the beautiful people and therefore my opinion wasn't questioned. i can also tell time using the stars and like breathing, dancing to a professional standard occurs to me at the subconscious level.

A came across this by accident and decided to give it a go. I've not read the book but I'm certain it didn't have John Cater as a soldier in the middle east.

I can't compare it to John Carter (the Disney one) as I fell asleep a few times whilst I was watching this when I was watching it in bed. From what I can remember, JC jumps about a lot as he does in this film.

This one has Traci Lords in it not wearing very much. It's obviously got some kind of budget as they've at least had a crack at doing some effects all the way through the film.

Anyhow, I've heard a few people saying very positive things about A Boy And His Dog. I'm sure someone here's seen it. Is it a bit bonkers?

Good chemistry between the cast. Kevin Bacon is in a bromance with an older man with stubble and ruggedness. Suddenly, micro-earthquakes occur. A sexy seismologist is here to investigate. Things happen.
Good fun.

Good budget film which only really suffered from being a budget movie. MC1 looked like Johanseberg with big tower blocks. Judges should not be going out to dispense justice in Toyota pickups; this is the future of America, not Somalia. The directing was also kind of limp and Cersie is a crap baddy.

Loved the treatment of Dredd though and while the scale was off the tone was pretty spot on, if a bit overly serious. I'd also have preferred if they spent some more money making MC1 look bigger than on all the gruesome body parts.

I'd love to see a sequel with more money, although, with the setting they have gone with I could see this being turned into a TV series with some success.